tailieunhanh - Using clinical data to predict high-cost performance coding issues associated with pressure ulcers: A multilevel cohort model

Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) have a mortality rate of , are costly to treat, and result in Medicare reimbursement penalties. Medicare codes HAPUs according to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient-Safety Indicator 3 (PSI-03), but they are sometimes inappropriately coded. |